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class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><span>Who we are</span></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <a href="https://structuralecology.net/2019/08/10/who-we-are/" rel="bookmark" class="posted-on"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2019-08-10T10:00:55-04:00"><span class="day">10</span><span class="month-year">Aug 2019</span></time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-09-09T12:53:29-04:00">9 Sep 2024</time></a><hr class="meta-sep" /><a href="https://structuralecology.net/2019/08/10/who-we-are/#respond" class="comments-link" >Add a comment</a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Current</h2> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">PI: Gareth Russell</h3> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignleft size-medium is-resized"><a href="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/headshot.png"><img data-attachment-id="899" data-permalink="https://structuralecology.net/2019/08/10/who-we-are/headshot/" data-orig-file="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/headshot.png" data-orig-size="338,338" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="headshot" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/headshot.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/headshot.png?w=338" width="300" height="300" src="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/headshot.png?w=300" alt="" class="wp-image-899" style="width:200px" srcset="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/headshot.png?w=300 300w, https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/headshot.png?w=150 150w, https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/headshot.png 338w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></figure></div> <p>Gareth Russell is an Associate Professor of Ecology in the <a href="http://biology.njit.edu">Federated Department of Biological Sciences</a> at <a href="http://www.njit.edu">NJIT</a>. He started at NJIT in 2005 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences — a time before there even <em>was</em> a Department of Biological Sciences! From 2014 to 2020 he he served as Department Chair, overseeing the move of the Department from borrowed space at Rutgers University into the newly-renovated Central King Building at NJIT.</p> <p>Gareth received his undergraduate education at Oxford University in the UK, and then moved to the University if Tennessee to pursue his PhD under the mentorship of <a href="https://thepimmgroup.org/stuart-pimm/">Professor Stuart Pimm</a> (currently <a href="https://nicholas.duke.edu">Duke University</a> and <a href="http://savingnature.org">savingnature.com</a>). After graduating he spent a few years as a post-doctoral researcher at various places including <a href="https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu">NCEAS</a>, the University of Tennessee and <a href="http://e3b.columbia.edu">Columbia University</a>. At Columbia he moved to a Lecturer position for three years before crossing the Hudson River to join NJIT.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">PhD Student: Grant Bowers</h3> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignleft size-medium is-resized"><a href="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grant.jpeg"><img data-attachment-id="964" data-permalink="https://structuralecology.net/grant-2/" data-orig-file="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grant-edited.jpeg" data-orig-size="376,501" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 8","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1628241980","copyright":"","focal_length":"2.87","iso":"20","shutter_speed":"0.00096339113680154","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="grant" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grant-edited.jpeg?w=225" data-large-file="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grant-edited.jpeg?w=376" width="376" height="501" src="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grant-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-964" style="width:200px" srcset="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grant-edited.jpeg 376w, https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grant-edited.jpeg?w=113&h=150 113w, https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/grant-edited.jpeg?w=225&h=300 225w" sizes="(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px" /></a></figure></div> <p>Grant is a new PhD student who is interested in community ecology, biogeography, and evolutionary history. Previous work has involved island biogeography of birds in the Chesapeake Bay. He is presently hunting for data to add to Dr. Russell’s records while exploring possible projects involving island biogeography and the community ecology of birds and mammals.</p> <p></p> <p> </p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Alumni</h2> <p>Most recent first!</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Dr. Maggie Wisniewska (PhD May 2022)</h3> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="alignleft size-medium"><a href="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/maggiewisniewska.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="963" data-permalink="https://structuralecology.net/maggiewisniewska-2/" data-orig-file="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/maggiewisniewska-edited.jpg" data-orig-size="1544,1029" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="maggiewisniewska" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/maggiewisniewska-edited.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/maggiewisniewska-edited.jpg?w=900" width="300" height="199" src="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/maggiewisniewska-edited.jpg?w=300" alt="" class="wp-image-963" srcset="https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/maggiewisniewska-edited.jpg?w=300 300w, https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/maggiewisniewska-edited.jpg?w=597 597w, https://structuralecology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/maggiewisniewska-edited.jpg?w=150 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></figure></div> <p>Maggie Wisniewska was co-advised by <a href="http://www.theswarmlab.com">Simon Garnier</a> and Gareth Russell. Maggie is interested in how individuals in group-living species integrate complex information about their physical and social landscapes in making movement decisions. In her work, Maggie uses methods from animal behavior, statistical modeling and social network analysis to understand whether African elephants use spatially explicit memories to avoid anthropogenic stressors, and what implications such avoidance may have on the species’ ability to survive in the wild.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Xiang Lin (MS May 2019)</h3> <p>Xiang came to NJIT from China in 2017, and completed his MS in Biology in 2019 under the joint supervision of Gareth Russell and Claus Holzapfel from Rutgers Newark. 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